BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The deadline to file and pay your 2024 Louisiana state income taxes is Thursday, May 15. The Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR) will accept your returns ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Louisiana House advanced House Bill 1, the state’s budget plan, without raising taxes Thursday. It had passed out of the House Committee on ...

Louisiana's governor could soon have more latitude on who to appoint to 32 of the state’s occupational licensing boards and commissions, including those that oversee accountants, plumbers ...

House leaders found the money by delaying $92 million worth of government acquisitions, including the purchase of new state vehicles and equipment, for another year. Legislators also proposed paying ...

Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry is backing a change that would further restrict political contributions by noncitizens and foreign entities. As part of this year’s legislative session ...

Among the top 10 best states in the U.S., three each were located in the West, Midwest and Northeast, with only one Southern state making the top 10. Louisiana ranked last on U.S. News & World ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A Louisiana state trooper is facing a domestic abuse charge after an incident that left his alleged victim hospitalized. Joshua A. Duhon, 43, resigned from Louisiana State ...

In a pinned comment on the Facebook post announcing the crash, the Louisiana State Police said "our goal is never to add to the pain, but rather to fulfill our responsibility in this age of ...

A Louisiana grand jury indicted Carpenter in January for violating a state law after she allegedly prescribed abortion medication to a woman in the state who then gave it to her teenage daughter.

Nonprofits would also need to be registered in Louisiana for at least one year, keep administrative costs under 15% of expenditures, and maintain a physical office in the state. Groups that fail ...

Since then, the legal framework for medical marijuana in Louisiana has expanded to encompass a range of medical conditions, and to allow permitted patients to purchase medical cannabis at state ...

In fact, over 380 million lethal doses of fentanyl were seized by the DEA in 2024. Louisiana ranked as state with the 9th highest drug use in the U.S. In order to understand which regions of the U ...